News | 2007

“My father owned the Capital Theater in downtown Bismarck, North Dakota. I started working there when I was 12, making popcorn and selling candy….” Read article

Jo Davison, Vice President, Creative, appointed board member for APDF (Association of Professional Design Firms) and asked to serve on University of Wisconsin-Stout Advisory Council.

Larsen Senior Writer John Andreini captured first place in the Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge with his original composition “The Shrieking of the Monkeys.” The contest required Andreini to use (and link to) 10 words specified by Answers.com, including “fug,” “horripilation,” and “simian.” John talks about his winning entry in this interview.

Larsen is sponsoring bestselling author and CNN innovation correspondent Polly LaBarre, author of Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win, at October 25 breakfast event at the Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis. Registration is through LifeScience Alley Programs and Events.

Steven Heller, author of more than 100 books on design and visual culture, to speak at CVA Leaders of Design Series on November 1 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. Larsen is sponsoring the event with AIGA Minnesota, Studio On Fire, and Target Corporation. Registration is through AIGA Minnesota.

Larsen’s Director of Writing Services Gwyneth Dwyer has been invited to blog on MarketingProfs Daily Fix, a top 25 marketing blog. Updated daily, the MarketingProfs Daily Fix pools commentary and opinion from 75 contributors, including Tom Peters, Joseph Jaffe, Gerry McGovern, and Seth Godin.

Larsen’s president and founder will receive an AIGA Fellow Award from the Minnesota Chapter of AIGA for his significant contribution to the practice of design. The award will be announced at the AIGA Design Legends Gala in September in New York. Larsen will also receive a Distinguished Alumni Award from Minnesota State University Moorhead for his professional and civic contributions.

Well, big pushpins anyway. Larsen’s websites for Enclos and Naterra Land and our very own inSights e-newsletter have found their way into AdFed’s 2007 “The Show.” We’ll try not to let it go to our heads. Really, we will.

We’re pleased to announce that exciting new projects are in the works for a number of new and existing Larsen clients, including the University of Minnesota, Medtronic, Regions Hospital, Century College, Grand View Lodge, and Target Corporation.

Larsen inSights articles are getting around. MarketingProfs.com recently reprinted “Humor in Communications” and “Creativity at Work” from previous editions of our e-newsletter. Both articles ranked among the site’s top five reads the weeks they appeared.

Larsen projects took five awards at this year’s annual competitions of the Minnesota chapters of AIGA and the Public Relations Society of America. Our SEMICON West 2006 invitation and 2006 holiday card for Applied Materials and signage for the Minneapolis Public Library and Guthrie Theater were stars of the AIGA Minnesota Design Show, while Larsen’s 2005 annual report for St. Jude Medical earned a best-in-category PRSA award.

We recently teamed up with HOK Architecture and Architectural Alliance on the new TCF Bank stadium in the works at the University of Minnesota. Larsen is designing signage and graphics that Gopher fans will be sure to cheer.

Larsen teams are jazzed to be working on a variety of new projects including rebranding, website design, online and print promotions, packaging, visual systems, and environmental graphics for numerous clients including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Microsoft Expression™, Minnesota Public Radio, Image Sensing Systems, Walsh Bishop Associates, Norwest Equity Partners, Marquette Asset Management, and Landmark Center.